Improvement in plaiting-machines



1.12m J. BOYD.

PLAITING MACHINE. No. 182,636. Patented Sept. 26,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEFIoE.

LIZZIE J. BOYD, OF GOATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLAlTlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,636, datedSeptember 26, 1876;'application filed March 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LIZZIE J. BOYD, of Ooatesville, in the county ofChester and the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Machines for Plaiting Fibrous Materials, of which thefollowing is a specification The nature of my improvement consists inthe arrangement of two series of wire-loops, firmly secured to metallicplates, one of which series is aflixed along one edge of a smooth boardor table. The other series is on a shifting or adjustable plate, held inside grooves, made in opposite edges of said table, and is parallel tothe fixed series. Round wires are passed through the folds of textilefabrics,

their ends held in place by the said series of loops, for the purpose ofplaiting the fabric, which is pressed with a hot smoothing-iron While onthe board or table, as a foundation.

The accompanying drawing, with the letters of reference marked thereon,and a brief explanation, will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use my invention.

Figure l is a perspective view of the table and two series of loops,with the needles and fabricin place. Fig. 2 is a detached portion of thetwo series of loops on their respective plates.

This board or table A may be hinged or otherwise attached to the tableof sewing-machines. lhe table A, of any desired length and Width, madesmooth on top, has two opposite edges grooved, as shown by a. A plate,B, with a vertical flange, b, to confine the ends of the needles on oneside, is firmly attached to the top along the rear edge of said table A.A series of wire loops, D, as close together as desirable, extendingfrom one end of said plate to the other, constitutes the fixed series ofloops. The plate 0 has each end bent down and in at right angles at F,so as to slide back and forth in the side grooves in the table, toadjust the same on the table, with its series of wire loops D, affixedto said plate. Stout round wires E, or knitting-needles, of any desirednumber, are employed in combination with the wire loops. The fabric tobe plaited is passed around these needles, by which various plaits areeasily made-such as knifeblade plaits, single or double box-plaits, orside plaits of any desired width-and ironed down, and, if need be,basted, on the same board or table, as a foundation.

I am aware of Patent No. 173,674, of Februaryl5, 1876, for aplaiting-frame having fixed pins and adjustable slats or tines, withelongated openings. Such an arrangement I do not use nor claim. Myadjustmentis made by means of the series of loops on a sliding orshifting plate. The solid board or table constitutes an ironing-board,and is far more advantageous than an open frame, as is also my mode ofadjustment, and the use of loops and needles, as a combination of parts.

I do not claim a plaiting-machine consisting of a bed-plate having tworows of staples and on one side an upright flange, in combination withplaiting strips or needles, which are held in the staples, and whoseends abut against said upright flange, as these are not of my invention;but

What I claim as my invention .in plaitingmachines is- The combination ofthe shifting loop-plate O and the flanged fixed loop-plate B and tableA, arranged to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposespecified.

LIZZIE J. BOYD.

Witnesses:

- SAMUEL S. W001),

M. E. W001).

